Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Voluntarily signed the informed consent;
2. Aged 18 years or older;
3. Expected life expectancy of ≥3 months;
4. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 or 1 (see Appendix 1);
5. Histologically or cytologically confirmed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients;
6. Classified as stage II, III, or IV according to the AJCC TNM staging system (9th edition);
7. Willing to provide blood samples and pre-treatment paraffin-embedded tissue samples;
8. With evaluable target lesions for efficacy assessment.
You may not be if
1. In the investigator's opinion, unsuitable for peripheral blood collection due to complications or other circumstances;
2. Active, known, or suspected autoimmune diseases (except vitiligo, type 1 diabetes, residual hypothyroidism caused by autoimmune thyroiditis requiring only hormone replacement therapy, or conditions not expected to relapse without external stimulation);
3. Active tuberculosis (TB) infection confirmed by chest X-ray, sputum examination, and clinical physical examination. Patients with a history of active TB infection within the past 1 year, even if treated, will be excluded. Patients with a history of active TB infection more than 1 year ago will also be excluded unless they can demonstrate that previous antitubercular treatment was fully effective;
4. Comorbidities requiring treatment with immunosuppressive drugs, or comorbidities requiring systemic or local corticosteroids at immunosuppressive doses;
5. Pregnant or lactating;
6. Positive for human immunodeficiency virus antibody (HIVAb), active hepatitis B virus infection (HBsAg-positive and HBV-DNA \> 10³ copies/ml), or hepatitis C virus infection (HCV antibody-positive and HCV-RNA \> the lower limit of detection at the study center);
7. History of severe neurological or psychiatric disorders, including but not limited to: dementia, depression, seizures, bipolar disorder, etc.;
8. Use of any antitumor-active drugs prior to blood sample collection;
9. Previous history of other malignancies (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer and the following in situ carcinomas: bladder, stomach, colon, endometrium, cervix/dysplasia, melanoma, or breast cancer);
10. Administration of live vaccines within 28 days prior to blood sample collection.
